Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 77: Lord Kṛṣṇa Slays the Demon Śālva |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.13
tām āpatantīḿ nabhasi
maholkām iva raḿhasā
bhāsayantīḿ diśaḥ śauriḥ
sāyakaiḥ śatadhācchinat
SYNONYMS
tām — that; āpatantīm — flying toward; nabhasi — in the sky; mahā — great; ulkām — a meteor; iva — like; raḿhasā — swiftly; bhāsayantīm — illuminating; diśaḥ — the directions; śauriḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; sāyakaiḥ — with His arrows; śatadhā — in hundreds of pieces; acchinat — cut.
TRANSLATION
Śālva's hurtling spear lit up the whole sky like a mighty meteor, but Lord Śauri tore the great weapon into hundreds of pieces with His arrows.
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